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WHAT’S NEW @ THIRD EYE FOR WEDNESDAY 1/27/10

Hey gang! Here’s a full listing of new releases arriving at Third Eye this Wednesday! See something you just absolutely gotta have? Shoot us an email at thirdeyecomics@gmail.com, and we’ll be happy to set it aside for you!

• 2000 AD #1664
• 2000AD #1665
• ALIAS ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP BOOK 02
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #619 *THE GAUNTLET PT 8*
• ARCHIE #605
• ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK 4 #1
• ATOM AND HAWKMAN #46 *BLACKEST NIGHT – WRITTEN BY GEOFF JOHNS*
• AVENGERS INITIATIVE #32 *SIEGE TIE-IN*
• AVENGERS WORLD TRUST PREMIERE HC *OLDER AVENGERS STORYLINE BY GEOFF JOHNS, NOW BACK IN PRINT!*
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #7 *IN BLACKEST KNIGHT PT 1*
• BATMAN AND ROBIN #7 VARIANT
• BATMAN UNDER THE COWL TP
• BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #201
• BILLY BATSON & THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #12
• BLACK TERROR #7
• BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #2 *BLACKEST NIGHT*
• BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #2 VARIANT
• BUCK ROGERS #8
• CABLE MINI-BUST
• CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #6
• CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #6 QUESADA VARIANT
• CARS TP v.2 RADIATOR SPRINGS
• CHEW #8
• CINEMA RETRO #16
• COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND #2
• COMPLETE WORLD WAR ROBOT HC
• DAREDEVIL #504
• DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #5
• DEADMAN WONDERLAND v.1 GN
• DETECTIVE COMICS #861
• DIE HARD YEAR ONE #5
• DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #8
• DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL v.33
• DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #350
• FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #1 *FALL OF HULKS*
• FANTASTIC FOUR #575
• FRANK FRAZETTA’S DARK KINGDOM #4
• FUTURAMA COMICS #47
• GRIMM FAIRY TALES PRESENTS: NEVERLAND #0
• GI JOE COBRA II #1
• GI JOE COBRA II #1 VARIANT
• GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #8
• GREEN LANTERN #50 *THIRD EYE MUST BUY* *BLACKES NIGHT*
• GREEN LANTERN #50 VARIANT
• GREEN LANTERN #50 SKETCH VARIANT
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #22 *REALM OF KINGS*
• HALO BLOODLINE #2
• HOTWIRE GN v.3
• HOUSE OF M HC WOLVERINE IRON MAN & HULK
• HOUSE OF MYSTERY TP v.3
• HULK SON OF HULK HC DARK SON
• HULK VISIONARIES PETER DAVID v.7
• INCREDIBLES TP v.1 CITY OF INCREDIBLES
• IRON MAN I AM IRON MAN #1
• IRON MAN vs. WHIPLASH #3
• IRREDEEMABLE #10
• IRREDEEMABLE #10 VARIANT
• JACK OF FABLES #42
• JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY THIRTEEN GOING ON EIGHTEEN
• JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #157
• JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #6
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #41 *NEW ERA FOR JLA BEGINS HERE! NEW TEAM CONSISTING OF DICK GRAYSON AS BATMAN, AND MORE!*
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #35
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA STRANGE ADVENTURES TP
• KICK-ASS #8 *THIRD EYE MUST BUY*
• KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #158
• LEAST I COULD DO v.3 MY EYES ARE UP HERE
• THE LOSERS VOLUME 1 AND 2 TP *FIRST TWO VOLUMES OF THE VERTIGO CULT CLASSIC IN ONE TRADE, GET READY FOR THE MOVIE WITH THIS TPB!!*
• MADAME XANADU #19
• MAN WITH NO NAME TP v.2
• MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #59
• MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN AND THE AVENGERS DIGEST TP
• MARVEL PREVIEWS #78
• MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #3
• MARVEL MASTERWORKS FANTASTIC FOUR TP v.3
• MS MARVEL #49
• NEW AVENGERS #61 *SIEGE TIE-IN*
• NORTHLANDERS #24
• OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE A-Z PREMIERE HC v. 12
• PILOT SEASON DEMONIC #1 ONE-SHOT *BY WALKING DEAD & INVINCIBLE WRITER ROBERT KIRKMAN!*
• PREDATOR #4
• PRESIDENT EVIL #4
• PREVIEWS #257
• PUNISHER #13 *FRANKENCASTLE PT 3*
• RESSURECTION v.2 #7
• ROBOCOP #1
• ROBOCOP #1 SKETCH VARIANT
• SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN v.5
• SECRET WARRIORS #12
• SECRET WARRIORS v.2 GOD OF FEAR HC
• SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL v.34
• SHUTTER ISLAND TP
• SIEGE STORMING ASGARD HEROES AND VILLAINS HANDBOOK
• SKY PIRATES OF NEO TERRA #5
• SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES v.12
• SPIDER-MAN CLONE SAGA #5
• STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION GHOSTS #3
• STAR WARS LEGACY #44
• SUPERGIRL #49
• SUPERMAN #696
• SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #4
• SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #4 VARIANT
• THE SWORD #21
• TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS v.2
• TANK GIRL REMASTERED TP v.5 APOCALYPSE
• TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #60
• TEEN TITANS #79
• TERRY MOOORE’S ECHO #19
• THOR #606
• TRANSFORMERS LAST STAND OF THE WRECKERS #1
• TSUBASA GN v.25
• ULTIMATE COMICS ENEMY #1
• UNKNOWN DEVIL MADE FLESH #4
• UNKNOWN SOLDIER #16
• VICTORIAN UNDEAD #3
• WALKING DEAD #69
• WALL-E #2
• THE WEB #5
• WILDCATS #19
• WILDCATS FAMILY SECRETS TP
• WITCHBLADE #134
• WIZARD MAGAZINE #222
• WIZARDS TALE HC
• WOLVERINE ORIGINS #44
• WOLVERINE WENDIGO #1 ONE-SHOT
• WONDER WOMAN #40
• WORLDS FINEST #4
• X-BABIES #4
• X-FACTOR #201
• X-FORCE #23 *NECROSHA*
• X-FORCE #23 CRAIN VARIANT
• X-MEN FOREVER #16
• X-MEN LEGACY #232 *NECROSHA*
• ZOMBIES THAT ATE THE WORLD #8

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THE NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA REVEALED INCAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN: WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD ONE-SHOT THIS WEDNESDAY!

This is it, folks… is it going to be Steve Rogers rocking the Captain America duds again, or is it going to be Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier? The question to this, and many other things surrounding the epic, sweeping story that Brubaker has laid out with REBORN are answered this Wednesday.

Now, you’re probably wondering “How come this is coming out before CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #6?” Well, there’s two answers to that. The first is that Marvel has pegged this as a pre-emptive epilogue to REBORN. The other answer is that the incredible art of Bryan Hitch tends to make the man run slow, and REBORN #6 should’ve been out by now. From what Marvel has told us though, reading this issue before Cap Reborn #6 doesn’t mess with the sequence too much.

Anyways, I am very excited about this one, because not only have I been enjoying Brubaker’s REBORN storyline, but his entire run on Captain America in general has been some of the best comic reading on the shelves. So, needless to say, I’m pretty stoked to see how this one follows up, and nears it’s conclusion.

And, ontop of all that… this could possibly be (like it’s no secret) the Return of Steve Rogers as Captain America! If you would’ve told me I’d be pumped about that in 1999, I would’ve been hard-pressed to believe you. While I respect the iconic nature of Cap, and some of the great stories of the past that’ve been told with the character (my personal pre-Civil War Cap story being Mark Waid and Ron Garney’s incredible run on the series), I just never really saw that many stories that stood out with the character. In my opinion, it took the influence of Millar’s characterization of Cap in THE ULTIMATES, and then, his 616-characterization in CIVIL WAR, to really get me into the character. Luckily, right around the same time that CIVIL WAR was happening, a (at the time) unknown writer by the name of Ed Brubaker was spinning some very gritty, hard-nosed espionage-fused stories with Cap. And, I’ve been a fan of the character ever since.

Who Will Wield The Shield is kind of a summing up of the last decade of Captain America stories. And, I hate to admit, that this is probably where the road to the end of Brubaker’s run begins. Although, I could be wrong. Anyways, it looks like we’ll be seeing the big decision made between who will be wearing the mantle of Captain America… Steve Rogers, or Bucky Barnes. The thing that makes this so exciting is that the development of Bucky as a character over the course of the last 50-some issues of Brubaker’s run has been some of the best character development of a comic character I have ever seen. And, to be honest, while I’m excited to see how things play out with Rogers, I really would be sad to see Bucky not be Cap.

And, then of course, there’s those spoiler pages in the back of DARK AVENGERS and NEW AVENGERS ANNUALS from the last couple of weeks… but, are we convinced that’s who it appears to be? And, that all is what it seems? I guess we’ll find out all the answers this week in WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD.

Click here for a preview of CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD one-shot

And, for those of you who haven’t been following Brubaker’s run on Cap, I want to give you the skinny on where it begins, and why it’s been so damn good. He manages to combine elements of old school pulp fiction with a 21st century spin with the feel of old ’70s and ’80s exploitation movies. Brubaker’s Cap run has been a high-quality superhero book with a definite espionage by way of grindhouse kind of feel to it.

Where to start? CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER VOLUME 1 TRADE PAPERBACK – This trade collects the first six issues of Brubaker’s run, and begins the series with a bang by re-introducing the long-thought dead Cap sidekick, Bucky Barnes. Of course, as we learn through the course of the story, Bucky’s history is  not what we thought, and his re-appearance has him as a conflicted, hardened soldier with a mission to kill Steve Rogers. From, there the story follows in CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER VOLUME 2, CAPTAIN AMERICA RED MENACE 1 & 2, and so on, and so forth.

Why It’s So Good? Brubaker has managed to take the history of the Captain America series, including all of it’s somewhat B Movie-esque supervillains, and fuse it with a modernistic, 21st century espionage-fueled approach that’s had us on the edge of our seats ever since. Brubaker re-introduced Cap’s wholesome teen sidekick, and revealed his history as a cold-blooded black ops killer, then he killed Captain America himself, and put the reformed Bucky in the costume. All the while, he’s effortlessly blended old with new, and managed to tell one of the most compelling Marvel stories we’ve seen. The grindhouse feel he gives to Cap’s bigger than life supervillains (like Arnim Zola… a robot with a giant face in it’s chest) has given Cap a solid rogue’s gallery to go to bat against.

THREE BIG BLACKEST NIGHT TITLES THIS WEEK! GREEN LANTERN #49 DELIVERS ANOTHER CRUCIAL CHAPTER OF BLACKEST NIGHT!

It’s a good week for Blackest Night, folks, with three killer titles hitting the shelves of Third Eye carrying the Blackest Night banner. And, as we’ve already seen nearly everything tying into DC’s Blackest Night has been high quality reading material.

The biggest of the three, of course, is the newest issue of GREEN LANTERN with GREEN LANTERN #49. The Green Lantern monthly title has been almost as essential as the Blackest Night mini-series itself, written by Blackest Night writer Geoff Johns, and filling in the gaps between issues of the core mini-series, each issue of this title has done a great job of moving the story along and explaining all the stuff that can’t be fit into the core Blackest Night book. This week, we get to see John Stewart’s role in the Blackest Night, and it’s impact on him. John Stewart has always been one of my favorite Lanterns, and the whole GL spin on his past as US Marine is pretty freaking cool. Plus, we haven’t seen a lot on him yet in Blackest Night, and it will be cool to see some more attention put on the character.

Next up, we have the first issue of one of those killer 3-issue limited Blackest Night miniseries that have been so good, and that’s BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #1. I’m really excited about this one, for a couple of reasons. First off, I really love the Justice Society, and secondly, I really dig Wesley Dodds, the Golden Age Sandman. Also, the fact that a killer creative team consisting of James Robinson (Starman, Justice League Cry for Justice), and one of DC’s rising star artists Eddy Barrows, along with the addition of classic Kyle Rayner-era Green Lantern writer Ron Marz, makes this one an exciting book to look out for.
From the looks of the preview, and the solicits, it looks like we’ll be seeing a ton of dead JSA and JSA-related characters. Wesley Dodds, the Golden Age Sandman, of course is pretty awesome (for those of you who haven’t read it before, I highly recommend the entire run of SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATER), and I’m hoping we’ll see Ted Knight, Al Pratt, and more. Anyways, we’ll be seeing the ultimate in the heroes of today fighting the heroes of yesteryear, with Dr. Midnite vs. Dr. Midnite, Mr. Terrific vs. Mr.Terrific, Sand vs. Wesley Dodds, and more. Plus, you know Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott, will be playing a big role in this, and it’ll be interesting to see where he fits into things (since his backstory and character is a tad different than most of your Green Lanterns).
Click here for the preview of BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #1

Finally, to round things off, we’ve got the Teen Titans #78, which admittedly, isn’t as quite as highly anticipated as the other two, it still looks like it should follow-up on Teen Titans #77 *Blackest Night* (which was very solid, and still in stock here at Third Eye) pretty well. The thing that’s exciting to me the most about this issue is that it’s featuring a pretty sweet team-up between Deathstroke (one of my favorite DC characters), and his daughter Ravager, and of course, we know that means only one thing: they’re gonna be hacking and slashing through a mountain of Black Lanterns. And, we all know that Ravager and Deathstroke have their fair share of fallen foes, and family that’ll be rising up as Black Lanterns to dish out some ass-whippings.

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #31 *SIEGE*FEATURES SPECIAL SIEGE TIE-IN! ANOTHER DOSE OF SIEGE TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE BIGGEST MARVEL EVENT SINCE “CIVIL WAR”

The Road to Siege began with a bang a few weeks ago in the pages of SIEGE: THE CABAL, and now you can fill in another piece of the puzzle with this week’s AVENGERS INITIATIVE #31, tying into SIEGE: THE CABAL. This is where it’s explained why Taskmaster is now seated upon the Cabal, and shows Osborn’s offer, and proposals to this often overlooked (but still, badass) Marvel villain.

And, meanwhile, on the Initiative end of things.. the Initiative gets called upon to assault an enemy that’s carrying some heavy duty power. Could that enemy be Asgardian?

Clickhere to read a preview of AVENGERS INITIATIVE #31

LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME #1ARRIVES FROM RADICAL (PUBLISHERS OF FVZA, CITY OF DUST, ect) from THE WRITER OF FEAR AGENT & PUNISHER – ONE WEEK TO COMMIT THE LAST CRIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY!

Here’s a cool one I got an advance copy of last month, and really dug. Rick Remender (writer of cult favorite FEAR AGENT, and the current Punisher run featuring Frankencastle) has made this one his new pet project, and it reads AWESOME. A great, gritty noir-influenced style of artwork matched with some fast-paced, tense storytelling make this one a very fun read.

What’s the plot? In the not too distant future, the government basically plans to transmit a secret signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit a crime. After the complexity of crimes like identity theft, and the rates of terrorism, this is their answer to preventing things from getting worse.

And, that’s where our hero comes in to play, Graham Brick, a low-life career criminal who’s never gotten a break. And, now, he finally comes on a killer way to make the heist that’ll set him up for life. Of course, it’s announced by the media that in just one week they’ll be transmitting that whole Anti-Crime signal, and this leaves Graham with a problem: he has only one week to commit the last crime in American history.

It’s as fun as it sounds, folks, and I’m already itching to see the next one. You can click here to read a preview of LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME #1

FALL OF HULKS GAMMA ARRIVES THIS WEDNESDAY FEATURING ARTWORK BY JOHN ROMITA JR!

Fall of Hulks ALPHA kicked things off with an awesome, old-school feeling origin story of the Intellectia, a gathering of assorted Marvel mad scientists, ranging from obscure characters like Egghead and the Mad Thinker to big baddies like the Leader, and Dr. Doom. And, now, this week, the other half of that arrives in the pages of FALL OF HULKS GAMMA! Before, I go any further…

IT’S JOHN ROMITA JR… DRAWING THE HULK. NOT JUST THE HULK. BUT LOTS OF HULKS! What more could you want?

Seriously though, it’s not often that I get excited by the artist alone that’s attached to a book, but Romita JR was born to draw BIG. His run on Thor with Dan Jurgens in the ’90s was great, and trust me, it wasn’t because of Dan Jurgens. And, his later work on Hulk was also awesome. But enough of my fanboy freakout over Romita JR, lets get onto just what you can expect this week out of FALL OF HULKS GAMMA.

This finishes up the set-up for the biggest Hulk storyline since World War Hulk, and leaves the stage set for the Fall of the Hulks. We don’t know much, but what we do know is that a certain Hulk’s death sets the entire Hulk family of characters into an unstoppable rage, and could really dish out some serious havoc for the rest of the Marvel Universe.

For those of you keeping track, here’s a quick run down of what’s out in the line of FALL OF THE HULKS so far:
FALL OF THE HULKS ALPHA – still in stock at Third Eye
HULK #18 - still in stock at Third Eye
and now..
FALL OF HULKS GAMMA – in stock at Third Eye this Wednesday 12/23/09

CRIMINAL: THE SINNERS #3 HITS THE SHELVES THIS WEDNESDAY! THE BEST COMIC YOU’RE NOT READING! FIND OUT WHY CRIMINAL IS A MUST-READ! ISSUES #1 & #2 STILL IN STOCK!

CRIMINAL is flat out the best crime comic I think I’ve ever read. And, that’s a tall order, because crime noir has been pretty well-represented in the world of comics over the past couple of decades. I mean, I loved me some Sin City, and 100 Bullets, but nothing tops CRIMINAL. Criminal is more than just a comic book, it’s an experience. When a new issue comes out, I can spend a good thirty minutes sunk deep within it. Every page, every panel, is packed with so much atmosphere, and storytelling that it really accomplishes that rare feat of sucking you into another world and not letting go.

The alchemy of art and story from Brubaker and Phillips pulls you in, and doesn’t let go.. and just when the story ends, leaving you on the edge of your seat… you’re still left with a good four to six pages of awesome back-matter to read about crime noir. A lot of times, Brubaker has guest-writers come in, and talk about their favorite aspects of genre fiction. Guys like Patton Oswalt rapping about their favorite crime movies from the ’60s just makes the entire package better.

And, folks, this is a book you do NOT want to wait for trade on. The back-matter does not get reprinted into the trades, so you are really missing out on the whole experience.

Seriously, there are very few books that I will proclaim universally as something everybody should be reading, but CRIMINAL is most definitely one of those books.

Now, I’ve sung it’s praises more than enough, you’re probably wondering just what the hell CRIMINAL is all about?

Each story arc of CRIMINAL is self-contained to 4-6 issues. While the characters all exist within the same world, you can read CRIMINAL in any order you please. This means that the current arc, THE SINNERS, is a perfect entry point for those of you who haven’t yet read CRIMINAL. The shared world thing is just a part of what makes CRIMINAL so cool, as it’s neat to see a background character you barely notice in an earlier story become a prominent figure in a later story (as was the case with “Bad Night”). The current arc, the SINNERS, is all about someone who is killing off “made men”.. criminal power-players, if you will, who should otherwise be untouchable. And, since the underworld can’t exactly go to the police, they bring in enforcer Tracy Lawless to investigate things. A conflicted man who doesn’t even want to be working in this world in the first place.

The characterization in this book is so sharp, that by the time you finish the first issue, you’ll feel like you’ve known Lawless all your life. And, with the developments of CRIMINAL: THE SINNERS #2, I personally can’t wait to see where things are going in issue #3 this week.

If you haven’t yet read CRIMINAL, we’ll the previous two issues, in addition to issue #3, well-stocked this week, to make it easy on you to catch up. Don’t miss out on one of the best series of this decade.

Click here to read a preview of CRIMINAL: THE SINNERS #3

“THE BOYS”, “PREACHER”, & “CROSSED” WRITER GARTH ENNIS’S BATTLEFIELDS: HAPPY VALLEY #1 BRINGS US MORE OF ENNIS’S GRUELLING, BLOODY WAR STORIES! IF TARANTINO’S “INGLORIOUS BASTARDS” WAS A COMIC, THIS WOULD BE IT!

He’s taken superheroes to their darkest extremes in THE BOYS. He’s given a whole, twisted new meaning to survival horror in CROSSED, and he’s written countless other epics (including the legendary PREACHER series)… Garth Ennis is a man who knows how to do comics right. But, there’s one thing, that’s a personal labor of love for him, and it really shows. Some of his best material happens to fall under the genre of war stories, and Ennis manages to tell some of the most brutal, well-paced, yet accessible war stories you could think of.

This go around, he’s back with a brand new series called BATTLEFIELDS: HAPPY VALLEY, and the first issue debuts this Wednesday. The year is 1942. And a young Australian Ken Harding arrives in London, anxious to play his part in the aerial bombing of all those Nazi bastards. Losses are high, and morale is low, but our hero remains unphased until he meets his crew: a foul-mouthed, battle-hardened gang of guys who take no prisoners. And, now they’re headed to the heavily guarded industrial heartland of Ruhr, known to the fighter pilots as Happy Valley.

We’ve seen Ennis’s previous war stuff, and it’s always dripping with blood, and realism, while at the same time keeping in habit with his knack for strong characterization, and sense of dark humor.

If you’re a fan of the Boys, Crossed, or any of Ennis’s other work, we HIGHLY recommend giving his war stuff a shot this week with Happy Valley.

Click here for a preview of GARTH ENNIS’S BATTLEFIELDS: HAPPY VALLEY #1

THOR #605 – DR. DOOM VS. THOR! ASGARDIANS TURNED INTO HORRIBLE CYBORG MONSTROSITIES! THE NEW DIRECTION OF THOR IS AWESOME!

First off, if you missed issue #604 of THOR, you need to pick it up, and hop aboard the current arc of Thor, cause it’s SMOKIN’! We were pretty skeptical about how well the new creative team would do following up a major act like JMS, but they picked up the ball and ran with it, kicking off a brand new story arc that’s bringing all the cool Dr. Doom/Asgard connections to full culmination. If you did miss THOR #604, don’t worry, because we still have it in stock here at the shop, in limited quantities, so you can still hop aboard the monthly series with only two issues to catch up.

As for what’s to expect this week in the newest installment of THOR.. simply put.. it’s DR. DOOM versus THOR in a throwdown that’s sure to be epic. #604 ended with Doom’s Asgardian cyborg hybrid monstrosities coming into plain sight, and then.. a certain God of Thunder appearing on the horizon to deal out some righteous justice.

Click here for a preview of THOR #605

IMAGE UNITED #2 ARRIVES THIS WEDNESDAY, AND CONTINUES THE HIT NEW SERIES THAT KEEPS SELLING OUT! FIND OUT WHY THIS LIMITED SERIES PENNED BY ROBERT KIRKMAN (WALKING DEAD, HAUNT) & ILLUSTRATED BY ALL THE IMAGE FOUNDERS IS A HIT! #1 STILL IN STOCK AT THIRD EYE!

The first issue of IMAGE UNITED went to a second print almost immediately, and it looks like the second issue will be going to as well. But, worry not, folks, we’ve got PLENTY of copies of IMAGE UNITED #2 coming in this Wednesday, and trust us, you’re gonna wanna give it a look. It’s actually pretty damn cool what they’ve accomplished with IMAGE UNITED, combining the talents of all the classic IMAGE founders on one book written by Robert Kirkman.

So, here’s how it works: Spawn appears in the book.. McFarlane draws him. Witchblade appears. Silvestri draws her. Get the idea? The book itself was a fun read, and is an action-packed nostalgic joyride for anyone who grew up reading comics during the IMAGE era in the ’90s. Bigger than life, with a well-paced story from Robert Kirkman, and tons of killer arrt, IMAGE UNITED is a blast.

Of course, the big reveal at the end of issue #1 was pretty cool… the villain of the series? Al Simmons, you know, the original Spawn, the guy we all remember from back in the day. And, yes, that’s him above with the horns. See, it looks like ol’ Al has found that destiny they always eluded to in those issues of Spawn way back in the day, and now he’s out to wreak havoc on the entire Image universe.

All in all, it’s not a plot-heavy book, but IMAGE UNITED is a blast, and provides a fun read, and a fun trip down memory lane for a lot of us who grew up reading comics in the ’90s. If you need us to put a copy in your box, just shoot us an email!

Oh, and if you missed out on issue #1, don’t worry.. we had a feeling it’d be a hit, and still have a decent amount of issue #1 hanging out here at the store for you to catch up with.

THIRD EYE ASKS “ARE YOU READING?” ABSOLUTION FROM AVATAR PRESS.. THINK ROBOCOP MEETS DEXTER

Here’s one that I wanted to spotlight because I feel that it’s an AWESOME series that’s continuing to fly under the radar here at Third Eye. While issue #5 ships this Wednesday, and I’m stoked about that, I wanted to take a moment to give an overview on the whole series and why I’m digging it so much.

First off, the story of Absolution is set in a world where “vigilante police forces” have been established. Basically, special police departments equipped with superhuman abilities to handle crime in the most extreme ways possible, HOWEVER, they are still required to uphold the same code of ethics as any other law enforcement official… in other words.. they can’t go around making dude’s heads explode.

And that’s where our (anti)hero comes in. John Dusk is one of these special police officers who has crossed the line from law officer to serial killer, albeit, of criminals. In the first issue, we’re led to believe that Dusk has seen many horrors before making this decision, and it culminates in him letting a rapist murderer die of blood loss.

From there, after getting his first taste of justice, he begins leading a double life, compulsively executing criminals, and evil men.

This series has all the makings of a modern day take on the age-old tale that stories like Robocop (but without the trademark satire), Judge Dredd, and more have explored. It kind of reminds you a little of DEXTER, mixed with a world of superhumans.

Plus, the art just gets better and better with every issue! We currently have all issues of ABSOLUTION instock here at Third Eye for you to catch up, otherwise, I’m sure those of you already reading the series are pumped for issue #5 this Wednesday!

HELLBOY: BRIDE OF HELL ONE-SHOT GIVES US A STRONG DOSE OF HELLBOY AND MIKE MIGNOLA TO END THE YEAR!

Nobody does creepy, mythology-rich horror comics like Mike Mignola. Nobody! I’ve been a Hellboy fan since I was just a snot-nosed kid in a Cramps t-shirt, and I gotta tell you, it’s only gotten better since then. This week, we get a nice little Christmas gift in the form of a Mignola-written one-shot with Richard Corben art. If you just want a good Hellboy story, done in one, then this one’s a gotta-read. Or, if you’ve never read a lot of Hellboy before, then now’s your chance to give it a try!

In BRIDE OF HELL, a young girl has been kidnapped and Hellboy’s tracked her down to rural France, where she’s about to be sacrificed to Asmodeus. This one’s definitely a pulpy, weird tale filled with love gone wrong, demonic revenge, ghosts, and the tombs of King Solomon.

Click here for a preview of HELLBOY: BRIDE OF HELL

IRREDEEMABLE #9 & IRREDEEMABLE VOLUME 2 TRADE PAPERBACK ARRIVE THIS WEDNESDAY TO FILL YOUR “SUPERMAN GONE EVIL” FIX!

Are you reading IRREDEEMABLE yet? If you’re not, you really should be. It’s one of our big favorites here month in and month out, and is one of the most well-written superhero books coming out right now.

We’ve got a double dose of IRREDEEMABLE this week for you, with both the 9th issue hitting (which continues from the epic reveals of issue #8), and the second volume of the IRREDEEMABLE trade paperback, which collects issues #5-8.

Why should you be reading IRREDEEMABLE? First off, the book practically pulsates with an insane post-modern 21st century comic book energy. It’s the story of the Plutonian, your standard Superman arch-type, who has gone mad, and started slaughtering the world around him. Basically, it’s SUPERMAN gone EVIL, and it’s great.

Why is it so good? The reason why it reads so well is because the series writer, Mark Waid (the man who did KINGDOM COME), is quite possibly the biggest SUPERMAN fan… in the world. He loves SUPERMAN, he loves the world of SUPERMAN, and he gets the character almost better than anyone else. And, this, this is what it takes to write a well-done take on what would happen if the Man of Steel went wrong? And, what did it take to get him to that point? Because Waid is such a fan of Superman, and his history, he is able to make all those little details that most writers would miss, count.

I don’t know, there’s a certain kind of electric excitement I get when I pick up a new issue of IRREDEEMABLE (and now the companion series, INCORRUPTIBLE), where I know I’m going to be thrust into a world of superheroes that SHOULD be cookie-cutter, but aren’t. They’re more fleshed-out, and three-dimensional than most characters that’ve been around for years.

Simply, put IRREDEEMABLE rules, and you need to check it out! The first trade paperback is only $9.99, and we can either catch you up in the single issues, or you can just follow up with Volume 2!

STAFF PICKS

Trish – Green Lantern Corps #43 – I made this my pick just because of the fact that it was such a fun read, and it was so easy to get into, even though I’m not as familiar with the Green Lantern Corps as Steve or Torma. I do like Guy Gardner, and seeing him running around ripping off arms, and kicking ass was AWESOME.

Torma – Dark Avengers #12- TOTAL MAYHEM! The best issue of DARK AVENGERS yet. They finally do something awesome with the Sentry, and it is bigger than life. There’s a great final page splash that gives a nice reference to what’s coming in SIEGE!

Steve – INCORRUPTIBLE #1 – Man, am I easy to read or what? I was hyped for this one like hell, and it totally lived up to the hype. Incorruptible takes everything you always THOUGHT a sketchy, shady supervillain would do… and makes it happen.. and then shows how tricky his road to redemption is. A great read for Irredeemable fans, and non-fans alike.

WHAT’S NEW @ THIRD EYE FOR WEDNESDAY 12/23/09

• ABSOLUTION #5
• AGENTS OF ATLAS TP DARK REIGN
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #611 2ND PRINT
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #616 *THE GAUNTLET PT 5*
• ANGEL ANNUAL #1
• ANGEL ONLY HUMANS #5
• ANGELUS #1
• ANITA BLAKE PREMIERE HC BOOK 02 LAUGHING CORPSE
• ARCHIE #604
• ARKHAM REBORN #3
• AVENGERS INITIATIVE #31 *SIEGE TIE-IN*
• AZRAEL #3
• BART SIMPSON COMICS #51
• BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #12
• BATMAN THE WRATH TP
• BEASTS OF BURDEN #4
• BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #200
• BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC #11
• BLACK TERROR #6
• BLACK WIDOW AND MARVEL GIRLS #2
• BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #1
• BLACKEST NIGHT JSA #1 VARIANT
• BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS 10 YEARS AT MARVEL TP
• BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER WILLOW ONE-SHOT
• CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD ONE-SHOT *CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN*
• CHEW #7
• CLASSIC TRANSFORMERS TP v.5
• COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1662
• COMPLETE DRACULA #5
• CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 TP
• CRIMINAL SINNERS #3
• CROSSED #8
• DANNY KETCH GHOST RIDER MINI-BUST
• DAREDEVIL OMNIBUS HC v.2 BY BENDIS
• DARK AVENGERS ARES #3
• DARK REIGN THE HOOD TP
• DARK REIGN SINISTER SPIDER-MAN TP
• DARK REIGN SKRULL KILL KREW TP
• DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS TP
• DARK TOWER BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #2
• DETECTIVE COMICS #860
• DETECTIVE COMICS #860 VARIANT
• DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #7
• DOCTOR VOODOO ORIGIN OF JERICHO DRUMM
• ENDERS GAME COMMAND SCHOOL #4
• ENDERS SHADOW COMMAND SCHOOL #4
• FALL OF HULKS GAMMA *FALL OF THE HULKS – FEATURING ART BY JOHN ROMITA JR!*
• FANTASTIC FOUR #574
• FANTASTIC FOUR MASTERS OF DOOM TP
• FANTASTIC WORLDS OF FRANK FRAZETTA HC
• FRANK FRAZETTAS DARK KINGDOM #3
• FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH NIGHTMARE WARRIORS #6
• GANTZ TP v.8
• GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS HAPPY VALLEY #1
• GI JOE ORIGINS #10
• GI JOE ORIGINS #10 VIRGIN COPY
• GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #7
• GREEN LANTERN #49 *BLACKEST NIGHT*
• GREEN LANTERN #49 VARIANT
• GREEN LANTERN CHRONICLES TP v.2
• GRIMM FAIRY TALES #43
• GRIMM FAIRY TALES #43 VARIANT
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #21
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HC PREMIERE v.3 WAR OF KINGS
• HALO BLOOD LINE #1
• HELLBOY BRIDE OF HELL ONE-SHOT
• IMAGE UNITED #2
• INCREDIBLE HERCULES #139
• INCREDIBLE HERCULES PREMIERE HC MIGHTY THORCULES
• INCREDIBLE HERCULES DARK REIGN TP
• INVINCIBLE #69
• IRON MAN VS WHIPLASH #2
• IRREDEEMABLE #9
• IRREDEEMABLE #9 VARIANT
• IRREDEEMABLE TP v.2
• JACK OF FABLES #41
• JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #34
• LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME #1 THIRD EYE MUST BUY
• MADAME XANADU #18
• MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #58
• MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN HC
• MEGAMAN OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS SC
• MIGHTY TP v.1
• MINI MARVELS TP ULTIMATE COLLECTION
• MARVEL MASTERWORKS UNCANNY X-MEN TP v.2
• MONSTERS INC LAUGH FACTORY #4
• MORE THAN COMPLETE ACTION PHILOSOPHERS
• NEW AVENGERS #60
• NEW MUTANTS #8 *NECROSHA*
• NEON GENESIS EVANGELION SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT TP
• NORTHLANDERS #23
• ONE MODEL NATION GN
• POWERS #2
• PSYLOCKE #1 2ND PRINT
• PUNISHER #12 *FRANKENCASTLE PT 2*
• SECRET WARRIORS #11
• SONIC UNIVERSE #11
• SPARTACUS BLOOD AND SAND #3
• SPIDER-WOMAN #4
• STAND SOUL SURVIVORS #3
• STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION GHOSTS #2
• STAR WARS CLONE WARS TP v.4
• STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #48
• STAR WARS LEGACY #43
• SUB-MARINER TP DEPTHS
• SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE EIGHT GRADE TP
• SUPERMAN #695
• TEEN TITANS #78 *BLACKEST NIGHT*
• THOR #605
• TINY TITANS #23
• TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 FULL COLOR ONE-SHOT
• TRACKER #2
• TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #2 *BACK IN STOCK*
• TRANSFORMERS TALES O/T FALLEN #5
• UNCANNY X-MEN #519 *NATION X*
• UNKNOWN SOLDIER #15
• USAGI YOJIMBO #125
• VICTORIAN UNDEAD #2 *THIRD EYE CERTIFIED COOL*
• WALL-E #1
• THE WEB #4
• WHAT IF ASTONISHING X-MEN
• WHAT IF SPIDER-MAN HOUSE OF M
• WILDCATS #18
• WITCHBLADE #133
• WOLVERINE ORIGINS #43
• WOLVERINE WEAPON X #8
• WONDER WOMAN #39
• WORLD OF WARCRAFT SERIES 5 ACTION FIGURES
• WORLDS FINEST #3
• X-FORCE CABLE MESSIAH WAR TP
• X-FORCE PREMIERE HC v.3
• X-MEN FOREVER #14
• X-MEN LEGACY #231 *NECROSHA*
• ZORRO #18

BLACKEST NIGHT HITS BIG THIS WEEK WITH THE CONCLUSION TO BLACKEST NIGHT SUPERMAN #3 (issues 1 & 2 both well-stocked if you need to catch up), AND DC DIRECT’S BLACKEST NIGHT ACTION FIGURES!

This Wednesday, we’ve got some big Blackest Night stuff for you guys. And, we know that’s what you like to hear, cause just like us, you guys have all been head over heels for what’s been DC’s best storyline in ages.

On the comics end of things, we’ve got the conclusion to BLACKEST NIGHT SUPERMAN with BLACKEST NIGHT SUPERMAN #3. The one thing I think that’s kept us so into Blackest Night, and has really helped the momentum of the storyline as a whole carry, has been the overall awesomeness of the different tie-in books. In major crossovers, it’s very rare that you get total wins on all counts, but with Blackest Night, nearly every tie-in has been a real gem. The Superman one has been especially good with it’s usage of Earth-2 Superman as a Black Lantern, and lets not forget the return of Psycho Pirate. Anyways, we’re looking forward to seeing how this one is going to wrap up. I mean, the last time we saw Psycho Pirate, he got his face squished through the Medusa Mask… you know that guy’s gonna be carrying some serious grief with him. And, if you missed the first two issues of this one, don’t worry, we do have plenty of issues 1 and 2 in stock to catch you up. Just click here to read more about BLACKEST NIGHT SUPERMAN #3.

And, then, on the “Cool Things To Have On Your Desk” side of things… check out these awesome little suckers.. the first wave of BLACKEST NIGHT DC Direct action figures hits this Wednesday, featuring RED LANTERN ATROCITUS, ALPHA LANTERN BOODIKA, and BLUE LANTERN ST WALKER. These are just too cool.

COWBOY NINJA VIKING #1 KICKS OFF BRAND NEW IMAGE SERIES THAT KICKS TRIPLE ASS. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, FRESH, QUIRKY STORY, ALL IN THE GOLDEN AGE COMIC-FORMAT (similar to VIKING) *THIRD EYE MUST BUY*

Here’s one that I am SUPER pumped about. I got a preview copy of this one earlier this month, and read it cover to cover, enjoying every page. It’s a brand new Image series, and is one of the freshest new things I’ve read. The fact that the artwork plays out so nicely in the over-sized Golden Age format size that Image uses for books like Viking is also a big plus.

But, lets cut to the chase, what’s the book about? Well, a morally questionable psychotherapist has taken those in society with Multiple Personality Disorder, and found a way of turning them into special agents known as Triplets. Of course, this backfires, and now there’s an assassin cadre of Triplets working for an unknown organization.. and it’s very bad. And, that’s where our hero comes in, the Cowboy Ninja Viking.

Cowboy Ninja Viking, is kind of a Triplet himself, he’s got three personalities, one a Cowboy, one a Viking, and one a Ninja. He basically looks like a goof in office clothes carrying a kitana sword, six-guns, and rocking a Viking helmet. Each one of his different personalities speaks in a distinct voice, and the artist has used different word balloons to emphasize this (i.e when the Viking talks, there’s a little axe-shape around the word balloon). Of course, the characterization is so spot on (and humorous), that you know right away which voice is which. So, you’ve got a one man wrecking crew, with three voices arguing over which way to take things… the Ninja being the calm, cool and collected type, the Viking saying they should kill the enemy and eat them, and the Cowboy looking for a brothel.

Does this sound awesome? You bet it does. Anyways, I read the first one. I thought it was great. I don’t want to give everything away, but I’d highly recommend giving this one a peek this Wednesday. It’s definitely in the same, fresh and original vein that Image has been making a name for itself with books like CHEW, HAUNT, THE SWORD, and more.

Click here for a preview of COWBOY NINJA VIKING #1

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #38 - BRAND NEW DIRECTION AND CREATIVE TEAM! A GREAT JUMPING ON POINT! FEATURING THE WRITER OF JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE & STARMAN!

Okay, everyone.. it’s safe to say, the Justice League just got cool again. While the previous run has had it’s shares of ups and downs, I’ve got to admit, it’s been hard for me to stay excited about it because it was so inconsistent. And nine times out of ten, it would always veer off into stories that didn’t scream Justice League to me. In my opinion, the Justice League of America should be one of DC’s high caliber books. It should be able to stand toe to toe with the Avengers as a top tier book. And, now, with the new direction beginning with James Robinson (writer of the legendary Starman, and the current smash hit Cry for Justice limited series) and Mark Bagley (the man who defined Ultimate Spider-man with Brian Michael Bendis, and has currently been delivering the goods on Batman), I think that we’re in store for a return to greatness for the Justice League.

First off, reason number one to jump on with this new direction, is the fact that James Robinson is penning it. This is the man who helped define superhero comics in the ’90s with his epic run of Starman (something I’d really recommend reading, if you haven’t already), and who has currently been turning all kinds of heads with the recent Justice League Cry for Justice limited series. How does Justice League 38 fit into things? It occurs before Blackest Night has begun, but after Cry for Justice, with the following issue catching the book up to the current events of Blackest Night. In fact, the events of Cry for Justice tie strongly into the new Justice League direction Robinson has planned. It looks like Robinson is pushing the League into a new direction, with a new generation of Justice Leaguers, featuring the likes of Dick Grayson as Batman filling the Caped Crusader’s role in the Trinity, Mon-El filling Superman’s boots (very reluctantly), and Donna Troy stepping in for Wonder Woman. These are all technically second-gen heroes filling the voids of the big dogs, and it’s going to be very interesting to see Robinson play with that dynamic. The line-up also includes other characters, that range from classic (yet underused) like Plastic Man, to a certain Scarlet Speedster we all know and love.

All in all, the art looks great, the story sounds fresh, and tight, and we’re excited to see where Robinson is going to take the JLA. Click hereto check out a preview of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #38

AZRAEL #1 DEBUTS THE BRAND NEW AZRAEL ONGOING SERIES THIS WEDNESDAY, AS THE DARKER SIDE OF GOTHAM CITY IS EXPLORED!

One of DC’s most popular characters in the ’90s was Azrael, the replacement for Batman after Knightfall. And, during the events of BATTLE FOR THE COWL, a new man is wearing the mantle of Azrael, and the new ongoing series featuring the character begins this Wednesday. This picks up right off the events of BATMAN ANNUAL #27 and DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #11, with the EIGHTH DEADLY SIN storyline.

The art for this one looks slick, and the story could go either way, but we’re very intrigued. The idea of an Angel of Justice working for a religious order, and existing in the turmoil of Gotham City is definitely an interesting concept that we’re eager to see play out.

Click here to read more about AZRAEL #1

CHEW #5 ARRIVES THIS WEDNESDAY, CONTINUING ONE OF THE FRESHEST, STRANGEST STORYLINES OF 2009! CANNIBAL SPECIAL AGENT AWESOMENESS!

Chew has taken Third Eye by storm this year. This quirky, bizarre new Image series featuring a cibopathic detective (cibopathic meaning he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats), and his corpse-munching adventures in a world where all poultry is illegal due to bird flue…. is just too awesome to be contained, folks. Seriously though, we love Chew. It’s weird, it’s fresh, it’s fun, and it’s got that perfect dark humor vein running through it that makes Third Eye all warm and fuzzy inside. Anyways, what more can we say about Chew? If you aren’t reading it, give it a shot, the trade paperback should be due out within the next week or two, but if you’re already reading it… then we know you guys’ll be eagerly waiting to snag up this week’s issue!

SPIDER-WOMAN #2 FOLLOWS UP THE FIRST ISSUE OF BENDIS & MALEEV’S DARK, GRITTY NEW ONGOING SERIES! LIMITED QUANTITIES OF #1 STILL IN STOCK, IF YOU MISSED IT!

So, did you read Spiderwoman #1? It ruled, didn’t it? Bendis and Maleev, those guys are a true dream team, man. Their work on Daredevil is what got me excited about this current run, and man, am I stoked to see where it’s going to go. The first issue set the stage for Spiderwoman as a book to be a very dark, moody, espionage-esque series focusing on Jessica Drew as an alien-hunting, alien-exterminating badass. It’s not a traditional superhero book, not by any stretch. She’s a killer. And, to be honest, the book reminds me more of titles like Ed Brubaker’s Sleeper, Gotham Central, and obviously, Bendis’s DD run.

Spider-woman works for SWORD, in an effort to hunt down and exterminate the 32 different alien races living in hiding on the planet Earth. And, her first mission has taken her straight to Madripoor to do SWORD’S dirty work.

And if you missed the first issue, even though it’s now out of print, and second prints are on the way, we still do have a few copies left in stock here at Third Eye for you to catch up with. So, be sure to snag it up if you haven’t already!

Click here to read a preview of SPIDER-WOMAN #2

STUFF OF LEGEND #2 FOLLOWS UP THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIRD EYE’S INDIE HIT OF THE YEAR! IT’S TOY STORY MEETS SAVING PRIVATE RYAN DIRECTED BY GUILERMO DEL TORO… SOUND COOL? READ ON! PLUS, PLENTY OF #1 IN STOCK FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT.

One of the things that I’m really proud of about our store is how you guys are always ahead of the curve when catching the new stuff that rules. When Stuff of Legend was first solicited way back in the Spring of this past year, it was just a small block of text buried in the back of the Previews catalog. I was lucky enough to get one of the preview copies that the publisher had sent out, and man, it blew me away. So, when the book blew up a week or so after release, and became this huge thing, I can proudly say that you guys were already ahead of the curve, and on what became the biggest indie book of 2009. At the end of the day, we do this cause we love comics as a medium, and helping make new creators and titles break big, is a great feeling.

Anyways, enough of me getting mushy, lets talk about Stuff of Legend. My tag line for it is pretty fitting, it’s Toy Story meets Saving Private Ryan, as directed by Guilermo Del Toro… seriously though, this one smokes, folks. Gorgeous, GORGEOUS, artwork, and an incredible story. Basically, a young boy gets kidnapped during WW2, and taken into the Boogey-man’s realm. His toys come to life to rescue him, and when they cross through to the Boogeyman’s realm, everything becomes pretty horrifying and grisly (i.e the teddy bear becomes a giant, clawed grizzly bear, ect).

All in all, this one is a must for fans of good comics, as a whole. But, especially for those of you who really dig stuff like Fables. Anyways, I can’t recommend it enough, and I know many of you guys’ll be waiting eagerly for Wednesday to snatch up the second issue.

Did you miss #1? Don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of #1 in stock as well, so you can snag em both up in one shot if you missed the first one already!

Click here for a preview of STUFF OF LEGEND #2

GREAT WEEK FOR TRADES: NEW SCALPED v.5 HIGH LONESOME, BPRD v.11 THE BLACK GODDESS, FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS HC AND ALEX ROSS’S UNCLE SAM BACK IN PRINT!

It’s a great week for new trade paperbacks here at Third Eye! First off, SCALPED VOLUME 5 arrives collecting the next chunk of grimy, dark noir-fused storytelling that Jason Aaron has gotten us hooked with. Why do we love Scalped? Scalped is a character-driven descent into hell, where there’s no good, and there’s no bad. It’s basically THE WIRE if the WIRE was set on an Indian reservation. Good guys go bad, bad guys go good, and nothing is as it seems. The book si very much an ensemble piece, and the only true constant character is the reservation itself.
We love SCALPED.

Next up, is the newest BPRD trade, which is BPRD v.11 BLACK GODDESS. This one is the second act in Mignola’s Scorched Earth trilogy, and is as you can always expect from the dark, and creepy world of BPRD, a great read.

Next up, Geoff Johns and George Perez delivered one of the best things to come out of Final Crisis last year with FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS. We’re stoked to see the gorgeous hardcover collected edition of this one hitting this week. And we know a lot of you are too!

Finally, to complete our foursome of killer new trades hitting (and trust us, there’s more than just these four, but we thought we’d narrow it down!) is the new edition of ALEX ROSS’S UNCLE SAM story. Where the American icon is portrayed as a delusiona vagrant, plagued with history travelling visions of America’s darker secrets. All in all, a great story, and we’re glad to see it back in print. Click here to read more about UNCLE SAM.

Most of you already know that Third Eye are huge animal lovers. So, this one’s a no-brainer for us. But, hey, check it out, it’s actually REALLY good. First off, it’s written by Evan Dorkin, who is one of the funniest comic book guys around today, and a personal favorite of mine. His work on stuff like Milk & Cheese and Dork is classic, and it’s cool seeing him bring these character, the Beasts, into the limelight with their own series.

What are the Beasts of Burden? Well, it’s basically a group of dogs (and a cat), who find themselves getting into zany, misadventures hunting ghosts, demons, and all sorts of other madness. So, yeah, it’s a talking animal book, BUT, it’s the most charming, witty, and entertaining little comic you’ll wanna read. If you want something kind of fun, a little light-hearted, but still written with a good slant, we can’t recommend Beasts of Burden enough.

Click here to check out a preview of BEASTS OF BURDEN #2

DARK REIGN: THE LIST HULK ONE-SHOT *DARK REIGN: LIST CHAPTER 5* ARRIVES THIS WEDNESDAY EXPLORING THE HULK’S ROLE IN NORMAN OSBORN’S MASTER PLAN!

Marvel’s DARK REIGN: THE LIST has been the perfect way to bring DARK REIGN near to it’s end, and set the stage for the highly anticipated SEIGE that begins in 2010. Top notch writers and artists telling strong self-contained stories that link together in a unifying way to get everything in order for the next step in the progression of the storytelling. It’s good stuff. So far, we haven’t had one of these LIST one-shots disappoint us. This week, the DARK REIGN: LIST continues with Chapter 5 being DARK REIGN THE LIST HULK one-shot.

Written by PLANET HULK scribe, GREG PAK, this one takes a look at Osborn as he hunts down Bruce Banner, and the Son of the Hulk, Skaar. And, how does he plan to take em out? He’s got a whole bevy of his most dangerous femme fatales gunning for em.

This one follows right after DARK REIGN THE LIST SECRET WARRIORS *CHAPTER 4*, and should shed some light on a corner of the Marvel Universe that Dark Reign has not yet touched.

And, for those of you who may be unclear on the reading order it’s:

DARK REIGN THE LIST AVENGERS – CHAPTER 1
DARK REIGN THE LIST DAREDEVIL – CHAPTER 2
DARK REIGN THE LIST X-MEN – CHAPTER 3
DARK REIGN THE LIST SECRET WARRIORS – CHAPTER 4

DARK AVENGERS #10 – NORMAN OSBORN HAS LOST HIS MIND! ARE YOU REALLY SURPRISED?

I think we all knew it was only a matter of time before Osborn lost his cool. I mean, he’s been a ticking time bomb ready to go off since before this whole thing began. In fact, if you look back to the incredible Ellis run of Thunderbolts (which pretty much was the prototype for DARK AVENGERS), you could see Osborn was about to crack his shell then. And, now, according to the solicits (and you know how enigmatic Marvel can be with their’s), this issue has ol’ Norman Osborn finally going off the deep end, as big things go down in the world of the DARK AVENGERS.

So, I guess, the only thing we can do, Third Eye Faithful, is wait and find out this Wednesday just what they’ve got in store for us!

Click here for a preview of DARK AVENGERS #10

UNDERGROUND #2 FOLLOWS UP THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE NEW IMAGE SERIES THAT IS “THE DESCENT” OF COMIC BOOKS!

Here’s one that really impressed us last month, Image Comics new limited series, UNDERGROUND. And, basically, if you’ve seen the horror film, the DESCENT about some cave-diving folk running into all kinds of flesh-eating beasties, then you’ve got a good idea of just what this one’s all about.
Now let me say, one of the things that made this comic so darn cool was that the writer JEFF PARKER managed to make a comic about caves and park rangers COOL. The first issue was a fast-paced read that really shows a lot of passion in the storytelling, and the characters are really well put together.

And yes, it’s about caves, with monsters, and horrible other things dwelling underneath, and the ballsy park ranger who’s going in after them.

It rocks, and if you missed #1, fear not, cause we still got some in stock for you to catch up with!

DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #4 CONTINUES THE HEADPOOL INSANITY!

Deadpool? Over-exposed? We don’t think so! We have to admit, we were worried when we first saw that the Merc With A Mouth was getting hit with a second ongoing series, limited series galore, and all these one-shots. But you know what, we can’t get enough. We’re really hooked on Merc With A Mouth, especially, as it’s the most bizarre, over-the-top, fourth-wall breaking Deadpool insanity-a-thon that we’ve seen.

Plus, while we’re suckers for a good cover, and the covers on this title have been over-the-top, folks.

Anyways, the madness in the Savage Land continues, as Deadpool, is fending off crazy cavemen, and Headpool keeps on spreading that zombie plague to the Savage Land and beyond. And, of course, one bite could be all it takes to give us TWO zombie Deadpools. Now, what madness would that be?

And, c’mon, the Scarface homage cover is AWESOME.

Clickhere to read a preview of DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH 4

SUGARSHOCK ONE-SHOT WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDON (FIREFLY, SERENITY, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER… you know, THAT guy).

Joss Whedon. That’s all you need to say, folks, and we’re in. This is the guy who gave us crazy, awesome sci-fi western madness with FIREFLY/SERENITY, and the man who created BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Not to mention, he redefined the world of the X-MEN with his run on ASTONISHING X-MEN.

And this week, we’ve got this cool little one-shot from Joss Whedon and Fabio Moon about the rock band, SUGARSHOCK, who’s got a frontwoman with a big hate-on for Vikings, and a bass player that’s a robot. And, from there, who knows where this thing goes.. all we know is it’s Whedon at his wittiest, and most hyper-active, and we can’t wait to give it a read this Wednesday.

SOMETHING FOR YOUR MOM: OPRAH WINFREY GETS A COMIC THIS WEDNESDAY!

All right, Third Eye Faithful, it’s time to do something nice for your wives, moms, and girlfriends. Everyone has one woman in their life who is a huge Oprah fan, and this Wednesday, her life story is being laid out in the pages of the latest Bluewater Female Force comics. Oprah’s an international icon, and we know that Momma Third Eye is gonna be getting one of these, cause she loves everything Oprah. Pick one up for mom, and you can remind her where to get you gift cards this Christmas when you give it to her. :)